F(OS)S for Learning a Musical Instrument ?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday August 31, 2006 @08:05PM from the a-software-conductor dept.

Anonymous Musician asks: "Recently I took up learning to play the violin (at age 37) and it is great fun. I found two little software tools to be of good help: Wired Metronome (Windows binary, free to download) to keep a steady beat, and TS-AudioToMIDI (Windows binary, shareware, 30 days free trial), using a microphone and built-in sound-card to detect in real time the note I am playing (I admit, sometimes it is more like a noise) and have it displayed on a piano keyboard to check and train my tuning. What tools, freeware or FOSS, are you using to assist you with learning to play an instrument?"

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Learning an instrument... by Cryptnotic · 2006-08-31 20:46 · Score: 3, Funny

Can't you just buy a six string and play it 'til your fingers bleed?

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Re:Tuxguitar by Whiney+Mac+Fanboy · 2006-08-31 21:24 · Score: 2, Funny

Mmmm... so much for the Open Source is better than...

Exactly right! The failure of one Open Source program has ended the debate regarding the superiority of proprietary vs open source software.

May's well close slashdot down now - you've settled the argument.

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